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What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
swl Started conversation Jul 19, 2014
I was away on business for a few days and returned to find the fridge door wide open and an exploded can of Fanta inside, sticky orange liquid everywhere.
http://tinypic.com/r/11l7mzc/8
What would cause a can of carbonated drink stored in a fridge for some days to explode without any external stimuli?
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
Sho - employed again! Posted Jul 19, 2014
sorry - you should have had IrnBru...
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
U14993989 Posted Jul 19, 2014
If for some reason the contents inside the can began to freeze then that could do it. If for some reason the contents were heavily contaminated such that microbial growth inside was possible then that could do it.
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
U14993989 Posted Jul 19, 2014
It's some sort of internal pressure explosion with the initial crack occurring at the top seal that tore into the side panel causing the rip down the side.
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
Icy North Posted Jul 19, 2014
The alien's still at large in your house - take care.
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jul 19, 2014
thirsty aliens, I imagine is the most sensible answer. 
hmm. that might be an odd use of the word 'sensible', though. 
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
swl Posted Jul 19, 2014
Ah, I hadn't considered a hatching.
gulp
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 20, 2014
Have you ruled out 2legs as a cause? 
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jul 20, 2014
I wasn't anywhere near it! I wans't even there? I didn't know where there was, and, even if I did, I wans't there, and I didn't do it! can't have been me... I was.... busy elsewhere probalby... when it happened... err whenever it happened... yes... defiantely not me, can't have been 
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
bobstafford Posted Jul 20, 2014
The photo looks like a benovlent angel so it can't be anything to do with 2 legs... Unless anything suspicious happened to any sausages in the fridge.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 20, 2014
Check your supplies of butter, bacon, and cheese as well.
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jul 21, 2014
A letter to the local cannery of this product, rife with
indignation and subtle suggestions of gross trauma and
stress suffered as a result of this incident. I'm sure
there are more horrific descriptors than yucky sticky stuff
which will put the fear of god into their PR people. They
will start by offering to replace the can with a bonus extra
dozen - and they'll ask you to bring in the evidence.
Include the pic and suggest, out of public concern, that they
might want to have their engineers investigate the cause before
someone gets very badly injured or incurs costly repairs and
replacements to the kitchen appliances.
Tell them however that you cannot allow the can to be handed
over to them until you have finished consulting with lawyers.
Do not actually talk to any lawyers until the supplier has made
some offer of compensation in exchange for the evidence and your
waiver of expectation of any further awards for costs and damages.
Should be worth the better part of a grand.
I once got $300 Cdn from Cadburys for a scrub brush bristle I found
imbedded in a Caramilk bar but that was thirty years ago and prices
will have gone up.
Good Luck with it. 
~jwf~
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
bobstafford Posted Jul 21, 2014
What if it had blown in a child's hand ....
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
Bald Bloke Posted Jul 21, 2014
They would have got coated in orange, and you would have 
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jul 21, 2014
scarred for life, by the experience. Your fear of opening the fridge, is now so great, you may never be able to use one again 
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
bobstafford Posted Jul 21, 2014
Good job trousers don't explode 2legs
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Jul 21, 2014
Strange you should say that.... but... perhaps that is an eronious storey, for another thread... 
What would cause this? (terror in the kitchen)
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 21, 2014
Strange things are never far below the surface here. 
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- 1: swl (Jul 19, 2014)
- 2: Sho - employed again! (Jul 19, 2014)
- 3: U14993989 (Jul 19, 2014)
- 4: U14993989 (Jul 19, 2014)
- 5: Icy North (Jul 19, 2014)
- 6: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Jul 19, 2014)
- 7: swl (Jul 19, 2014)
- 8: bobstafford (Jul 19, 2014)
- 9: SiliconDioxide (Jul 19, 2014)
- 10: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jul 20, 2014)
- 11: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Jul 20, 2014)
- 12: bobstafford (Jul 20, 2014)
- 13: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jul 20, 2014)
- 14: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Jul 21, 2014)
- 15: bobstafford (Jul 21, 2014)
- 16: Bald Bloke (Jul 21, 2014)
- 17: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Jul 21, 2014)
- 18: bobstafford (Jul 21, 2014)
- 19: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Jul 21, 2014)
- 20: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jul 21, 2014)
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